Treatment methods for cold tinnitus, dialectical treatment of cold tinnitus

Some people may experience tinnitus after catching a cold. What is going on? The human nose and ears are actually connected. When the nose is blocked, the mucous membrane in the ear is also compressed and becomes congested and swollen, which causes tinnitus. So is there any good treatment for tinnitus caused by cold?

1: Experts point out that when a person catches a cold, the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx becomes inflamed, which spreads to the Eustachian tube, causing the mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube to become congested and swollen, resulting in blockage, which isolates the air between the nasopharynx and the middle ear.

2: When the original gas in the middle ear is completely absorbed, a negative pressure state is finally formed, and the eardrum is attracted and collapses inward. Due to the negative pressure, the blood vessels in the middle ear dilate and the permeability increases, causing middle ear effusion. The patient then feels as if his ears are filled with water and hears a ringing sound.

1: This type of patients often have sudden onset of symptoms, severe symptoms, and loud tinnitus, which is closely related to changes in emotions and often occurs or worsens after depression and anger. It is often accompanied by symptoms of liver fire rising, such as bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, dizziness, headache, impatience, etc., with a red tongue, yellow coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse.

2: This type is caused by liver fire disturbing the clear orifices. The treatment should be to clear the liver, drain heat and open the orifices. The prescription should be Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications. Commonly used medicines include: dandelion, scutellaria, gardenia, angelica, oriental water plantain, rehmannia, akebia, bupleurum, calamus, vitex rotundifolia, and magnetite.

1: This type of patient has an acute onset, but the symptoms are usually not very severe. The tinnitus has a low pitch, and there is a feeling of fullness and blockage in the ear, and the patient often has increased self-talk. It is often accompanied by lung meridian symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough. The Western medical diagnosis is mostly acute secretory otitis media. The tympanic membrane is seen to be congested and sunken, the tongue is pale red, the tongue coating is thin white, and the pulse is floating and rapid.

2: For the treatment of one syndrome, we should adopt Liu Yuansu's view of "deafness treating the lungs", and treat from the lungs, using methods of dispersing wind, promoting lung function, and opening the orifices. Prescriptions such as Yinqiao Powder can be used. Commonly used medicines include double flower, forsythia, platycodon, apricot, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia, cicada shell, and calamus. If there is excessive phlegm, add trichosanthes kirilowii, and if there is nasal congestion, add magnolia, Xanthium sibiricum, and Angelica dahurica.

This is a relatively common phenomenon. However, if a patient with a cold develops tinnitus that lasts for a long time and does not improve through the above adjustments, he or she must go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid worsening of the condition or even sudden deafness.